Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1934-08-14 (90 years)
- Place of BirthNimes, France
- Also Known AsEugeneAlexander Vernon DobtcheffAlexandre Vernon DobtcheffVernon DobthcheffВернон Добчефф
Vernon Dobtcheff
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dobtcheff was born in Nîmes, France, to a British mother (Vernon) and a father of Bulgarian descent (Dobtcheff). He attended Ascham Preparatory School in Eastbourne, Sussex, England, in the 1940s, where he won the Acting Cup. One of his many television roles was as the Chief Scientist in the Doctor Who story The War Games in 1969. In his 2006 memoir Red...Read More
Acting Career
- 2023
The Gold
As: Matteo Constantino
- 2021
Burning Casablanca
As: Corny
- 2020
The Haunting of Margam Castle
As: Enos
- 2019
The Witcher
As: Older Elf
- 2018
The Romanoffs
As: M. Audran
- 2018
L'hypothèse de la reine rouge
As: Sherlock Holmes
- 2017
The Man with the Iron Heart
As: Emile Hacha
- 2016
The Durrells
As: Mr. Kralefsky
2015Killing Jesus
As: Isaiah
2015Peplum
As: Plutarque
2014The Invisible Boy
As: Artiglio
2014Horsehead
As: George
2014Seven Lucky Gods
As: Lawrence
- 2013
The Great Beauty
As: Arturo
2012Another Woman's Life
As: Dimitri Speranski
2012Zarafa
As: Le vieux sage (voice)
2011Le passage
As: Vieil homme
2011The Borgias
As: Cardinal Versucci
2010Undisputed III: Redemption
As: Rezo
2010Godforsaken
As: The Surgeon
2009Changing Climates, Changing Times
As: Lucas
2009The Little Murders of Agatha Christie
As: Anatole Deschanel
2008The Joy of Singing
As: Le lecteur du bar
2007La Légende des 3 clefs
As: The anthropologist Gilles Clément
2006Priceless
As: Jacques
2006Courts mais Gay : Tome 12
As: Anthony
2005An American Haunting
As: Elder #1
2005Empire of the Wolves
As: Kudseyi
2004Thank You, Doctor Rey
As: François
- 2004
Before Sunset
As: Bookstore Manager
2004Evilenko
As: Bagdasarov
2003Brocéliande
As: Brennos
2002White Teeth
As: Devil of Dachau
2002The Red Siren
As: Vitali
2002The Falklands Play
As: Nicanor Costa Méndez (Argentine Minister of External Relations)
2001David Copperfield
As: Quinion
2001Festival in Cannes
As: Millie's Escort
2001The Order
As: Oscar
2001The Body
As: Monsignor
2001Revelation
As: Curé at Rennes-le-Chateau
2000Le Prof
As: Patte Folle
2000The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization
As: Cleisthenes
2000The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization
As: Cleisthenes
2000Falling Through
As: Father
1999Dreaming of Joseph Lees
As: Italian Doctor
1999Relic Hunter
As: Anthony Cureton
1999The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka
As: Art Gallery Lecturer
1998Hilary and Jackie
As: Professor Bentley
1998Jinnah
As: Lord Willingdon
199830 Years to Life
As: Sandler
1998Highlander: The Raven
As: Count Van Der Meer
1998Vigo
As: Papa Lozinska
1998Spanish Fly
As: Carl's Friend
1998Merlin
As: 1st Physician
1998Déjà Vu
As: Konstantine
1998The Wonderland Experience
As: Vincent
1998St. Ives
As: Bonnefoy
1997Anna Karenina
As: Pestov
1997The Hunchback
As: Father Michel
1996The Ogre
As: Lawyer
1996Surviving Picasso
As: Diaghilev
1996Catherine the Great
As: Naryshkin
1996Jude
As: Curator
1995Father Ted
As: Old Nazi
1995Jefferson in Paris
As: King's Translator
1994Mademoiselle O
As: Rouka
1993Frankenstein
As: Chancellor
1993M. Butterfly
As: Agent Etancelin
1993The Hour of the Pig
As: Apothecary
1992Highlander: The Series
As: Carlo Luchesi
- 1992
Highlander: The Series
As: Hamad
1992Obiettivo indiscreto
As: Primo editore
1992Venice/Venice
As: Alexander
1992Sweetheart
As: Thurson
1992As Time Goes By
As: Dr. Stoker
1991The Strauss Dynasty
As: Hirsch
1991Let Him Have It
As: Clerk of Court
1990Hamlet
As: Reynaldo
1990Vincent and me
As: Dr Winkler
1990Meridian
As: Priest
1990The Garden
As: Old Man at Sauna
1990The Krays
As: Teacher
1990Flight from Paradise
As: Merrill
1989The Hostage of Europe
As: Hudson Lowe
- 1989
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
As: Butler
1989Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
As: Jules Glaenzer
1989Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
As: Doctor Webber
1989Natalia
As: Alfred Grabner
1989Agatha Christie's Poirot
As: Simeon Lee
1989The Sweet House of Horrors
As: The Exorcist
1988Testimony
As: Gargolovsky
1988Pascali's Island
As: Pariente
1988Catacombs
As: Brother Timothy
1988Le due croci
As: Bischof de Jong
1988Maigret
As: Gannett
- 1986
The Name of the Rose
As: Hugh of Newcastle
1986Caravaggio
As: Art Lover
1985Mussolini: The Untold Story
As: Sebastiani
1985Mata Hari
As: Prosecutor
1985A.D.
As: Flavius Sabinus
1985Morenga
As: Lohmann
1984Much Ado About Nothing
As: Don John
1984L'Homme de Suez
As: Konya, Turkish Colonel, spy in the service of the English
1984Sherlock Holmes
As: Mendelstam
1984Gwendoline
As: Shirko
1984Night Patrol
As: James
1983An Englishman Abroad
As: Guildenstern
1983The Scarlet and the Black
As: Count Langenthal
1982Nutcracker
As: Markovitch
1982Marco Polo
As: Pietro De Abano
1982Enigma
As: Minister
1982The Night of Varennes
As: Judge at the confiscation
1981Troilus & Cressida
As: Agamemnon
1981L'Amour nu
As: John, le patron de Claire
1981Sredni Vashtar
As: Dr. Russell
1981Condorman
As: Russian Agent
1981Le Beau Monde
As: Pablo
1981San-Antonio ne pense qu'à ça
As: Un tueur russe
1981Peter and Paul
As: High Priest of Herod
1981Masada
As: Chief Priest
1980Nijinsky
As: Sergei Grigoriev
1979Ike
As: Gen. Charles DeGaulle
1978Romeo and Juliet
As: Apothecary
1978Question of Love
As: Peter
1978Last In, First Out
As: Le réceptionniste
1978Little Girl in Blue Velvet
As: Lamberti
1978Holocaust
As: Karp
1978Blake's 7
As: The Chairman
1978The Roads of Exile
As: Le peintre Ramsay
1977March or Die
As: Mean Corporal
- 1977
The Spy Who Loved Me
As: Max Kalba
1977Joseph Andrews
As: Fop Two
1977The Achurch Letters
As: Eugene
1976Dickens of London
As: Legal Gentleman
1976Police Commissioner Moulin
As: Astman
1976French Without Tears
As: Monsieur Maingot
1975Michael Strogoff
As: Blount
1975Rumpole of the Bailey
As: Magnus Piecan
1975Lovers Like Us
As: Coleman
1975Des Christoffel von Grimmelshausen abenteuerlicher Simplizissimus
As: Dr. Canard
1975Operation: Daybreak
As: Pyotr
1975The Messiah
As: Samuel
1975Cat and Mouse
As: Germain's accomplice
1975India Song
As: Georges Crawn
1975Playing with Fire
As: A messenger
1975The Sweeney
As: Harry Kretchmar
1974Scent of a Woman
As: Don Carlo (uncredited)
1974Murder on the Orient Express
As: Concierge
1974À vous de jouer Milord
As: N° 2
1974The Marseille Contract
As: Lazar
1974Fall of Eagles
As: Count Stookau
1974Playhouse
As: Eugene
1974Cartesius
As: Astronomo Ciprus
1974Soft Beds, Hard Battles
As: Padre
1973Nobody Is Norman Wisdom
As: Proshnik
1973Impossible Object
As: Private Investigator
1973The Day of the Jackal
As: Interrogator
1973An Echo of Theresa
As: Bannerheim
1972Crown Court
As: John Maitland-Wilson
1972The Protectors
As: Joe Flynn
1972Van der Valk
As: Sebastian Jonge
1972The Canterbury Tales
As: The Franklin
1971Mary, Queen of Scots
As: Duc De Guise
1971Nicholas and Alexandra
As: Dr. Lazovert
1971Fiddler on the Roof
As: Russian Official
1971The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
As: Molbech
1971The Horsemen
As: Zam Hajji
1971The Married Couple of the Year Two
As: le pasteur
1970Them
As: Brisbane
1970The Beast in the Cellar
As: Newsmith
1970Ace of Wands
As: Sandor Zandar
1969Anne of the Thousand Days
As: Mendoza
1969Doctor Who: The War Games
As: Chief Scientist
1969Baby Love
As: Man in Cinema
1969The Assassination Bureau
As: Baron Muntzof
1968The Champions
As: Manager
1968The Name of the Game
As: Dedushko
1967The Taming of the Shrew
As: Pedant
1965The World of George Orwell: 1984
As: Goldstein
1965BBC Play of the Month
As: Monsieur Maingot
1965Darling
As: Art Critic at Ralph Riggs Exposure (uncredited)
1965Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
As: Member of the French Team
1965The Debussy Film
As: The Actor
1963Doctor Who
As: Scientist
1963Festival
As: Philosopher
1962The Saint
As: Vogel
1962The Scales of Justice
As: Mr. Strang
1961The Avengers
As: Spencer
- 1961
The Avengers
As: Stenson
1955Dixon of Dock Green
As: Counsel for Defence